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Short-cuts lead to long delays.
I'm fascinated by the skills gap.
Anything worth doing hurts a little.
Not all knowledge comes from college.
Nobody makes a turd like that and lives.
I'm allergic to rocks hitting me in the face.
Some jobs are just too hideous to contemplate.
The skills gap is a reflection of what we value.
Meaningful work is very different than drudgery.
Boredom is a choice. Like tardiness. Or interrupting.
Don't follow your passion, but always bring it with you.
Innovation without imitation is a complete waste of time.
Good jobs look a lot like kids playing and adults working.
I always complain because I'm old now and everything hurts.
Opportunity usually shows up in overalls and looking like work.
We don't need American Idols. We need American icons. Icons of work.
I'm looking forward to the future, and feeling grateful for the past.
There's really not a difference between an octopus and, like, a giant pile of snot.
We've waged war on work. We have collectively agreed, stupidly, that work is the enemy.
'Bloody do-gooders' is my expression for people who are nicer than me, who are better than me.
People with dirty jobs are happier than you think. As a group, they're the happiest people I know.
What you do, who you’re with, and how you feel about the world around you, is completely up to you.
Why does a chicken coop only have two doors? ... Because if it had four doors, it would be a chicken sedan.
Happiness comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that's consistent with those beliefs.
I'm not disinterested in the rest of the world, but studies show the rest of the world is really freaking far away.
Always flat front. You've got to be deeply suspicious of a man who consciously goes with pleats. Why would you do that?
At the risk of being glib, I would say if you really want to make America great again, you have to make work cool again.
If you're trying to raise a son, it gives you a chance to say things like, 'Chop your own wood; it will warm you twice.'
We are lending money we don't have to kids who can't pay it back to train them for jobs that no longer exist. That's nuts.
The skills gap is a reflection of what we value. To close the gap, we need to change the way the country feels about work.
Work ethic is important because, unlike intelligence, athleticism, charisma, or any other natural attribute, it's a choice.
'Dirty Jobs' is a fun, simple little show with huge themes under it. For me, it's penance, it's redemption, it's a sweaty mess.
Im a B-list celebrity trying to give it an honest look. They see me do actual work. ... I try to be the viewer with a microphone.
Happiness does not come from a job. It comes from knowing what you truly value and behaving in a way that's consistent with those beliefs.
There is a lot of stuff we can't control, but it is completely in our power to decide what the definition of what a good job is. That's up to us.
You've got a lot of very, very smart people standing by waiting for somebody else to do the work. Not a recipe for long-term solvency in my opinion.
The flaw in our character is our insistence on separating blue-collar jobs from white-collar jobs, and encouraging one form of education over another.
Michael Brown and Eric Garner died because they got into a confrontation that could have been easily avoided. That's what made their deaths so tragic.
I can say the willingness to get dirty has always defined us as an nation, and it's a hallmark of hard work and a hallmark of fun, and dirt is not the enemy.
Passion is too important to be without, but too fickle to be guided by. Which is why I’m more inclined to say, 'Don’t Follow Your Passion, But Always Bring it With You.'
There's a belief... in the country that we can cure unemployment by creating opportunity. The skills gap proves that opportunity along is not enough to get people employed.
People like to cherry-pick the parts of their career that they're either in the midst of or that they're the most proud of, but the truth is careers and lives are tapestries.
The thing that makes 'Dirty Jobs' different is that it's one of the few shows that portrays work in a way that doesn't highlight the drudgery. Instead, it highlights the humor.
To me, we're living in a non-linear world... But the truth is we are linear creatures. Everything unfolds one after the next. And that's the thing we've become disconnected from.
For me, what's the old expression, 'Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable,' that's really what religion is good at when it is done right. And the truth is, so is television.
Dirt used to be a badge of honor. Dirt used to look like work. But we've scrubbed the dirt off the face of work and consequently we've created this suspicion of anything that's too dirty.
Dirt used to be a badge of honor. Dirt used to look like work. But we've scrubbed the dirt off the face of work, and consequently we've created this suspicion of anything that's too dirty.
I wouldn't wish any specific thing for any specific person - it's none of my business. But the idea that a four-year degree is the only path to worthwhile knowledge is insane. It's insane.
Most people don't know where their food comes from. We're confused about the fundamentals. How does our food wind up on our plates? How exactly is it that, when I flick the switch, the lights come on?
It’s about, when did it make sense to say one size fits everybody? It never ever ever made sense to do that, and yet we’re still selling education the same way we sold it when you and I were in high school.